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The discovery of a nuclear ferromagnetic transition of In nuclei in Au
In2 at T-c = 35 mu K has opened the possibility to study the interplay
of a nuclear magnetically ordered state with other condensed matter p
henomena in thermal equilibrium between nuclei and electrons. In this
contribution we will discuss the mutual influence of nuclear ferromagn
etism and type-I superconductivity in AuIn2 at T greater than or equal
to 25 mu K. The two phenomena coexist, however, the critical field of
superconductivity is decreased and the transition is broadened by the
nuclear ferromagnetic transition. - For another favourable candidate
for a nuclear magnetic transition, platinum, we have not yet observed
a transition to a nuclear spin temperature of 0.3 mu K and an equilibr
ium temperature of 1.5 mu K However, we use the nuclear magnetic heat
capacity as well as the spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times of
Pt to study the influence of Fe impurities in the ppm concentration r
ange on the nuclear magnetic properties of the Pt host.